A beautiful, inspiring and hugely talented singer and songwriter,Taylor Swift has earned lot of fame in few years of her career. Started at a young age, this singer and performer has shown wide range in her singing and great maturity in her writings for which she has been appreciated and awarded. The more you know her, the more you fall for her. So here few interesting facts about Taylor Swift you should know to adore her.
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1. Youngest artist to win a Grammy
Taylor Swift is the youngest artist to win a prestigious award of Grammy at the age of 20 for her Album ‘Fearless’. To date she has 7 Grammy’s.
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2. Wrote her first song at the age of 12
This talented star, wrote her first song, ‘Lucky You’ at the age of 12. When a repairman taught her how to play few strings of a guitar, this inspired her to write a song.
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3. Novelist at a young age
Not only she started singing and writing songs at early age, Taylor also wrote a 350 page novel at the age of 12 which has never been published. She surely knows her way with the words!
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4. Taylor fears…
Taylor Swift has few fears to her list which includes snakes and spiders which terrify her. Also she fears death and not ending up happy. So she isn’t too different than many of us!
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5. Taylor is kind of blind
Taylor Swift supposedly has very bad eyesight which is like nearly blind and she wears big chunky glasses when not using contacts.
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6. She is terrified of tattoos
Well most super stars love having ink on them; this country girl is terrified of the idea of getting a tattoo. She says that she cannot commit to any one symbol or saying for the rest of her life.
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7. Instrument queen
Taylor Swift not just writes and sings well but is very good with instruments. She can play Guitar, Piano, Ukulele, Electric Guitar and Banjo.
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8. For her first job, she did bugs examinations
Well long before she ruled the world, this singer participated in family business during holidays and used to check all Christmas trees for bugs. That surely is an interesting first job!
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9. About Harry Styles

The pop star who is known to write about her Ex admits in a recent interview that three songs in 1989 are about Harry Styles namely “I Wish You Would,” “All You Had To Do Was Stay,” and the perfectly titled “Style.”
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10. Only artist to have an album hit 1 million
Taylor Swift is known to be the only artist in the music history to have an album hit 1 million 1^st week sales figure three times. Her 3 albums to have that are Speak Now(2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014).
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11. Taylor Grandmother was an Opera Singer
So we gathered that the singing runs in Taylor’s blood. Her grandmother on her Mom’s side, Marjorie Finlay, was an accomplished opera singer and apparently, Taylor looks a lot like her.
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12. First host to write her own monologue at SNL
The famous show ‘Saturday Night Live’ generally have writers to take care of celebrity’s host monologue, but Taylor was the first one to come up with her own song called ‘My Monologue Song’.
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13. Obsessed with Disney
The beautiful singer admits that she is obsessed with everything Disney and follows the Disney legacy.
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14. Won a Poetry Award
At the age of 10, Taylor Swift won a national poetry award for a poem she wrote, named “Monster in My Closet”.
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15. Records and Awards
In the year 2009, Taylor Swift broke a country music world record by selling more digital downloads than any other country artist which was selling more than 20 million hits.
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16. Rich celebrity stuff

As connected as she can get to her fans, this star surely has rich celebrity stuff to flaunt. She owns an 8-bedroom summer house in coastal Watch Hill, Rhode Island. Also she owns a Dassault Falcon 900 private jet- and an airport hangar at Nashville International Airport.
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17. The Big Help Award by Michelle Obama
In the year 2012, the first lady, Michelle Obama presented the Big Help Award to Taylor for her dedication to helping others and inspiring others through actions. Way to go Swift!
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18. Her Dad is her Best Friend
The adorable Taylor once said that she and her dad are very similar. They both love English language and read the same books. She considers her dad as her best friend. How many of you are saying, Awwww?
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19. Obsessed by iPhone cases
Taylor is known to be obsessed with iPhone cases especially the vintage ones. She loves the handmade ones available on Etsy.

Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston haven’t been spotted together for weeks, but are they really on the rocks?
According to a new report, Taylor Swift is focused on her friend, Selena Gomez, who recently announced struggles with panic attacks, anxiety, and depression, as Hiddleston continues to film the upcoming installment of Thor in Australia.
At the end of last month, Us Weekly revealed Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston had engaged in a “major fight” after the distance between them put a strain on their relationship, and now a report regarding the possible end of their relationship has surfaced.
“Taylor Swift’s relationship with Tom Hiddleston is allegedly on the rocks. However, it seems like she is reaching her hand out to her best friend Selena Gomez even if she has her personal relationship problems to solve,” the Hall of Fame Magazine revealed to readers on September 2.
Movie News Guide also spoke of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston’s possibly impending split on August 31, claiming their absence at the recent MTV Video Music Awards was the result of their strained relationship.
“Tom Hiddleston has too much on his plate while his lady love, Taylor Swift is not as busy as she has wrapped up her music tour. It appears the distance is tearing the relationship apart,” the outlet explained.
Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston began dating in June of this year — just weeks after Swift’s relationship with Calvin Harris came to an unexpected and abrupt end. While Swift was believed to have rushed to Harris’ side at the end of May after learning that he was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles, their split was confirmed days later, and two weeks after that, Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston stepped out in Rhode Island.
During a beach visit, Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston made their affections for one another quite clear as they kissed and held hands. Meanwhile, rumors began swirling regarding possible infidelity due to the fact that Swift had been seen dancing with Hiddleston during the Met Gala in New York City in early May.
In other Taylor Swift news, the singer is reportedly in “constant” contact with longtime friend Selena Gomez, who announced she would be taking a break from her career and ongoing tour earlier this week.
In a statement to fans on Tuesday, Gomez revealed that she has been experiencing panic attacks, depression and anxiety, which have been prompted by her battle with Lupus. In turn, she revealed she would be taking “some time off.”
A short while later, a report claimed Taylor Swift had been rallying around her friend and letting her know that she is completely supportive of her decision to focus on her health.
“[Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez] have been in constant communication with each other” throughout Gomez’s struggles, a source told Hollywood Life on August 31. “Taylor has made it clear to Selena that she has her back and can come spend time with her whenever she wants… Taylor wants to try and see Selena as soon as she can to give her a big hug.”
Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have been close friends for years, and while they are often on different sides of the country — Swift spends the majority of her time in New York City while Gomez is based out of Los Angeles — they always seem to make time for one another when they have extra time.

Here he is! This is Samson, the largest cat in New York City! Dr. Lisa Lippman, a Manhattan veterinarian, said he is by far the biggest cat she has ever heard of!

Samson, a Maine coon, is four feet long and weighs 28 pounds! For perspective, an average cat weighs between 8-10 lbs and is about 2 feet long! It is not unusual, however, for Maine Coon cats to weigh between 15 to 20 lbs.

According to his dad, Splurt Zillionz, Samson is a tender, sweet, but tough guy. Samson likes to wrestle and loves to cuddle – only when no one is watching! Samson is now 4 years old and has been living with his dad in New York since November 2013.

Even though the apartment in NYC are small, Samson always finds a place to hang out. Samson also loves to go for rides in his green cat stroller.

4. It's one thing to screw up your job, it's another to screw up the archaeological record.

5. And you want to be THE cake boss with logic like this? C'mon, man!

Everyone knows how it goes: you go out for one drink, one drink turns into six drinks, and before you know it, you wake up dehydrated, scared and embarrassed – and this is all even before you’ve grabbed your phone to see the damage you’ve done.

1. The “I’m having so much fun I need to tell everyone who’s not here about all the fun I’m having” text.

2. The “I’m totally fine, it’s all autocorrect’s fault” text.

3. The “I wasn’t going to drink but here I go anyway” text.

4. The “I have this uncontrollable need to text my parents” text.

5. The Benedict Cumberbatch of drunk texting.

6. The luckiest person alive.

7. The “I almost got away with it but got too confident” text.

8. The “It totally makes sense to ME” text.

9. The “My drunk brain wanted to say all these things at the same time” text.

10. The “If I text girls there are free drinks, then maaaaybe they might come” text.

11. The “sext deflect” text.

12. The “I’m confused as to which text I’ve sent and which one I’ve received” text.

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Are demons real? Though evil spirits possessing the body of a hapless human victim seems like the stuff of science fiction, the possibility of being possessed by demons is, in fact, a common belief held by religions around the world. Even the Christian Bible alludes to demonic possession more than thirty times, including several cases of Jesus "casting out demons" from people. Most religions offer prayers, spells, or incantations that are used to remove these invading spirits via exorcism rituals.

As hard as it may be to believe, countless accounts by victims and witnesses dating back to ancient times are hard to ignore. Let's explore ten cases of truly scary and, by all accounts, real demonic possession.

Note: For most of these cases, there are no photographs for us to share with you here. We have used images from movies and other sources to illustrate this post.

1

Clara Germana Cele

In 1906, Clara Germana Cele was a Christian student at St. Michael's Mission in Natal, South Africa. For some reason, Cele prayed and made a pact with Satan when she was sixteen years-old, and just days later, Cele was overtaken by strange impulses. She was repulsed by religious artifacts like crucifixes, she could speak and understand several languages of which she had no previous knowledge, and she became clairvoyant regarding the thoughts and histories of the people around her.

Nuns who attended to Cele reported that she produced horrible, animalistic sounds; she also levitated up to five feet in the air. Eventually, two priests were brought in to perform an exorcism. Cele tried to strangle one of the priests with his stole, and over one hundred and seventy people witnessed her levitating as the priests read Scripture. Over the course of two days, the rites of exorcism successfully drove the dark spirits from her body. (Source | Photo)

2

Anneliese Michel

Anneliese Michel is a controversial case, as well as the subject of many fictional accounts of her tragic story, most notably the 2005 courtroom drama The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Sixteen year-old Anneliese Michel had a history of epilepsy and mental illness, for which she had often been treated at a psychiatric hospital. However, in 1973 Michel become suicidal, spurned all religious artifacts, drank her own urine, and began to hear voices. Medicine did nothing to help the girl, who begged her family to bring in a priest because she believed that she was possessed by demons. Though her request was rejected, two local priests secretly began treating her with exorcism rites. Meanwhile, her parents stopped treating her epilepsy and mental disorders. She was dead within a year.

Michel had almost seventy exorcisms performed on her over the course of ten months. She refused to eat, and often talked of dying as a martyr. Many of the attempted exorcisms were recorded:


Anneliese Michel died from emaciation and starvation. Consequently, her parents and the priests responsible were charged with negligent homicide. (Source | Photo)

3

"Roland Doe"/"Robbie Mannheim"

Known as the "real" story behind the novel and Hollywood movie The Exorcist, the tale of fourteen year-old Roland Doe is one of the most notorious stories of demonic possession. In fact, Roland Doe is not his real name; it is a pseudonym assigned to him by the Catholic church in order to preserve the boy's privacy. In the late 1940s, Doe's aunt encouraged him to use a Ouija board, and many speculate that after her death the boy attempted to contact his aunt with the Ouija board, an act which opened the door for the demons who wished to possess him.

The possession started with strange sounds, like dripping water, that no one could place. Eventually, religious artifacts began to quake and fly off the walls, and unexplained footsteps and scratching noises could be heard around the home. Scratches began to appear on the boy's body, including words that seemed to have been carved into his flesh by unseen claws. The boy spoke in tongues in a guttural voice and levitated in the air, with his body contorted in pain.

His family brought in a Catholic priest, who determined that the boy was possessed by evil spirits and needed an exorcism. The exorcism ritual was performed over thirty times, with the boy injuring the priest many times throughout. When, at last, the rite was successful, the entire hospital heard Doe's cries of bestial anguish and reported a horrible sulfuric odor hanging in the air. (Source | Photo)

4

"Julia"

In 2008, Dr. Richard E. Gallagher, a board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College, documented the case of a patient nicknamed "Julia" whom he deduced was indeed possessed by demons. It's rare that a scientist and psychiatrist would acknowledge the possibility of possession; typically doctors think that possession is either fraudulent or a result of mental illness.

Dr. Gallagher personally observed items flying around the room, Julia levitating off the bed, speaking in tongues, and knowing things about people around her that she could not possibly have known. Here is an excerpt from Gallagher's statement:

“Periodically, in our presence, Julia would go into a trance state of a recurring nature,” writes Gallagher. “Mentally troubled individuals often ‘dissociate,' but Julia's trances were accompanied by an unusual phenomenon: Out of her mouth would come various threats, taunts and scatological language, phrases like ‘Leave her alone, you idiot,' ‘She's ours,' ‘Leave, you imbecile priest,' or just ‘Leave.' The tone of this voice differed markedly from Julia's own, and it varied, sometimes sounding guttural and vaguely masculine, at other points high pitched. Most of her comments during these ‘trances,' or at the subsequent exorcisms, displayed a marked contempt for anything religious or sacred.” (Source | Photo | Via)

5

Arne Cheyenne Johnson

Known as the "Demon Murder Trial," the case of Arne Cheyenne Johnson is the first known court case in the United States during which the defense attempted to prove that the defendant was not guilty by reason of possession.

In 1981, Arne Cheyenne Johnson murdered his landlord, Alan Bono, in Connecticut. Johnson's attorneys argued that his actions indicated a pattern of erratic behavior that had begun when Johnson was just a child. Johnson's family had even consulted with "demonologists" Ed and Lorraine Warren, saying that the child had been taunted and harassed by unknown entities for most of his life. They also asserted that his evil-doings resulted not from a psychological disorder, but from demonic possession.

Ultimately, the judge ruled that demonic possession was not a valid defense against first-degree murder. Johnson was convicted and served a mere five years of his ten to twenty year sentence. (Source | Photo)

6

David Berkowitz, AKA "Son of Sam"

In 1976, the people of New York City were terrorized by a serial killer known as the "Son of Sam," or the ".44 Caliber Killer." For more than a year, the killer lead police on a wild goose chase, leaving behind taunting notes at the crime scenes. Six people were killed and seven others severely wounded in the "Summer of Sam."

When the killer was finally apprehended, he was identified as David Berkowitz. Berkowitz confessed to all of the shootings and claimed that he was commanded to kill by a demon. Berkowitz did not claim to be possessed himself, however; he claimed that his neighbor's dog was possessed, and the dog had ordered him to perform the killings. Berkowitz was sentenced to six life sentences, and in the mid-1990s he issued an amendment to his confession, claiming that he had indeed been a member of a Satanic cult that had orchestrated the incidents as part of a ritual murder. (Source | Photo)

7

Michael Taylor

Michael Taylor and his wife, Christine, lived in a small town in Great Britain called Ossett. The couple was very religious, and had joined a Christian prayer group lead by Marie Robinson. At one meeting in 1974, Christine Taylor accused her husband and Robinson of having an affair, which both people hotly denied. Michael Taylor then spewed obscenities and began acting extremely erratic and out of character, leading witnesses to think that he seemed possessed by evil.

After months of crazy behavior, Taylor eventually consulted with clergy who performed an exorcism. The exorcism lasted for well over twenty-four hours, and the priests involved claimed to have removed forty demons from the man's body. However, before he left, the priests warned him that the demon of murder remained dormant in his soul.

As soon as Taylor arrived home, he brutally murdered his wife and their dog. He was later found wandering the streets, covered in blood. At his trial, he was acquitted by reason of insanity. (Source | Photo)

8

George Lukins

In 1778, English tailor George Lukins claimed to be possessed. The man would often sing in a voice and language that was not his own, and finally neighbors, concerned by his increasingly frightening behavior, reached out to the church to help the man.

Lukins was sent to a hospital for over twenty months, but doctors could not help him. His caregivers discharged him, even more convinced that his affliction was demonic in nature. During his possession, a very violent Lukins reportedly claimed that he was the devil, barked like a dog, and sang hymns backward. In 1778, after Lukins claimed to be possessed by seven demons that could only be driven out by seven clergymen, the church got involved. Seven priests assembled at Temple Church, where they performed an exorcism. When the ceremony was over, priests claimed that the man had been delivered from the demons who possessed him, and George Lukins exclaimed, "Blessed Jesus!" Lukins then praised God, recited the Lord's prayer, and thanked the priests. (Source | Photo)

9

Anna Ecklund: The Earling Possession

By the time she was just fourteen years-old, a girl from Earling, Iowa named Anna Ecklund began showing signs of demonic possession. The girl had been raised a devout Catholic, however her father and aunt, who practiced witchcraft, allegedly cursed the girl routinely and used herbs to taint her food. Soon, she could not tolerate religious artifacts, became sexually depraved, and could not enter a church. In 1912, the girl underwent a successful exorcism, but after being "cured" of her possession, her father and aunt prayed to Satan for her to suffer even more, and within a year the girl had become possessed by multiple entities, many of whom are said to be the same spirits who possessed Annaliese Michel.

In 1928, Ecklund again sought help from the church. She was placed in a convent where her exorcism would take place, and the girl's behavior worsened while in the care of the nuns. When the nuns would bless her food before entering her room, Ecklund could sense the blessing. She would hiss at the nuns and throw the food on the floor. She would tolerate food that had not been blessed. Witnesses testified to seeing the girl speak and understand foreign languages she'd never heard before. They also claimed that she defied gravity by levitating and clinging to the wall. The girl was clairvoyant and often vomited and spit at the priests. Her eyes bulged and her body was so bloated and heavy that she nearly broke the iron bed on which she lay.

After twenty-three days and three complete exorcism rituals, the clergymen finally declared her free from the demons who had possessed her. (Source | Photo)

10

Pope Francis Exorcises Boy

The Catholic church performs thousands of exorcisms each year, and Pope Francis has said that he believes that Satan is real, and that the battle against evil is one that he must fight every day. In May of 2013, the newly-elected Pope allegedly performed a brief exorcism live on camera. As he was moving down the line of disabled people, offering blessings, the Pontiff paused before a boy in a wheelchair. Grasping the boy by the head, the boy shuddered and gasped before going limp.

See the moment yourself: